Help me to choose?
| Hi Y'all, i've been reading this forum for ages, when i started looking at water beds and found out they weren't good for scoliosis... then i moved to air bed and tried to make a sleep comfort bed of my own haha... please note that i have a baaaad back and wake up after about 4 hours in too much pain to go on sleeping, i wake up, move around, sit around, and the pain goes away and i go back to bed to sleep a little more... i'm on the look out for a new bed because we had an old simmons beauty rest which was flippable so it lasted a good 20 years, and it was great for my back until it was just too old... so we bought a memory foam mattress, sooo comfy getting in, but would respond to my core heat and the middle of me would sink, and i'm a side sleeper so it would bend my spine sideways.... so that mattress is now in storage, then we tried to get a regular piece of high density foam that wouldn't respond to heat, and it's been OOOOOOK, but not anymore, guess the foam is breaking down and leaving me in a side sleeping dip again.... i've read that simmons beauty rests aren't made like they used to be, and when i phoned the sales man and asked about all the bad reviews the new beds are getting he said he was busy and would call me back, and never did.... now the little furniture shop i'm dealing with has a 90 day comfort exchange, and i have 3 beds picked out... one is an all natrual latex bed called novopure made by a local company called restwell.... i'm worried i will end up with a body dent, as i'm pretty big.... the other is is a novolux, made by the same local company, and it's two layers of pocket coils with latex on top, it's cheaper and i thought it might even be less likely to dent as i've had such good luck with pocket coils before.... the last option, i can't believe i'm considering going back to memory foam, but the sales guy swears up and down it's changed, is the tempurpedic 'celebrity', i find this bed comfy, of course, but not only the tempurature dip bothers me, but you are supposed to stay in your body impression all night and not toss and turn, now as i have arthritis and fibromyalgia, i actually figured the water bed would be good for me because of motion, to keep my joints fluid, instead of waking up in a spasm like i always do, i would still buy a waterbed if i hadn't been told once that i had scoliosis..... alot of people say waterbeds are bad for your back, but the 95% waveless sure felt comfy at the store.... anyway, given what you know, that an old simmons beauty rest lasted me 20 years, and dips in foam make me wake up with a painfully spasmed back after about 4 hours... even tho foam feels comfy to me, whether it's tempurpedic or latex rubber.... well actually the latex covered pocket coils felt comfy too.... i had gone back to the store to try out spring mattresses (continuous coil) with little padding, and toppers on top, but the flatness of the springs hurt a certain part of my back.... so no mattress surgery in my future.... i know you guys aren't mind readers, but what do you give a girl who's tried everything? suggestions? advice? your knowledge? thanks!! elaine |
Re: Help me to choose?
| I have no experience with waterbeds but Eagle does, so perhaps he will see your post and respond. If you are considering latex and want to try out another brand, there is a company called Sleeptek in Canada. I think perhaps they're in Ottawa. They make several models of Dunlop latex mattresses. I tried their mattresses here in the states that a local specialty "natural bedding" store carried, and there was one I really liked. It felt very comfortable for me; the bottom layer was very firm but the top layer was soft. However, I did not buy from them for several reasons, two of them being that they were very expensive (way more than Flobeds) and they allowed no exchanges (not even for a different one of their beds) or returns. Not only was it too expensive, but also I was not willing to take that kind of risk (of not being able to return it if it didn't work for me), and I also had some ohe concerns specific to my needs (smell of the dunlp latex). It's very difficult to tell how a bed is going to feel over time by lying on it a few times in a store! Natura is also in Canada (and sells various latex and foam beds) though I would not particularly recommend them. I have no idea what customs is now in Canada but Flobeds ships vacuum-packed UPS, so it's probably not too expensive to Canada. But if you have a local store which allows comfort exchanges, perhaps that is the safest way to go... |
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I slept on a waterbed for over 20 years. The first 10 on what was referred to as a standard waterbed and the second 10 years on what is referred to as a soft sided waterbed. I liked my waterbed a lot. You can control the temperature more than any other type of bed, due to the fact that it has a heater element that allows you control the water temperature with a reostat. I would recommend that you call FloBeds and talk to Dave Turner, who owns FloBeds. The name FloBeds comes from the fact that Dave originated some features on waterbeds for the medical community. He himself slept on a waterbed for many years. They now specialize in latex beds as well as waterbeds and airbeds. So he would make an excellent individual to discuss your problems with. Just put in there URL flobeds.com and read all about it. Their 800 number is 1-800-356-2337. They will be open Monday. You can read many positive things about FloBeds on this website. This message was modified Dec 13, 2009 by eagle2
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Re: Help me to choose?
| linda, i know about Natura, I haven't actually tried any of their latex tho i hear it compresses over time, i've been thru sooooooo many beds for my back, that my husband is getting angry lol i imagine he will be even more angry if our waterbed springs a leak and floods the house tho!! eagle2 i contacted flobeds when i was thinking of doing mattress surgery, and he knew nothing about duty, and i loathe ups as they charge their own charges for no apparent reason, carrying charges i imagine lol, and then they forget to collect them and soon they are affecting your credit rating and you knew nothing about them! i know i will be taking a risk dropping a grand on a water bed, as there is no returning THEM... and if i find out by day two that it's going to hurt my back, then there's nothing i can do but dismantle it and give it away on craig's list... i'm really torn about what to do, it's a risk any way i do it, a thousand on a waterbed, two thousand on the springs with latex bed, 3 thousand on the latex bed, 5 thousand on the tempurpedic, and none of them do i KNOW will be right for my back!! it's sooo frustrating! |
Re: Help me to choose?
| Hmmm, that's interesting re UPS and the charges. I lived in Canada for 10 years and never had a problem... nor in sending and receiving packages here. But I lived there a long time ago and things change.... Again, good luck with your decision-making process and finding back relief. |
Re: Help me to choose?
| thanks! yeah things change... i've actually almost thrown out the pure latex bed, as the latex bed on springs felt pretty much the same, so if i don't buy the waterbed i'll probably buy that one, THAT one i'll have a 90 day comfort exchange and if i don't like it, i could exchange it for the tempurpedic :) |